We had a late afternoon thunder shower, so we took a walk after dinner. It was still light, cool from the storm, and everything looked fresh.

When we got home, we could hear loud laughing and some even louder rapp-pish music down the street--our next door neighbors were having a party. (It's still partially rural, so it wasn't as if they were right in our backyard or anything.)

And then somebody behind us started lighting off fireworks! So we sat outside to enjoy the evening. It was just getting dark.

Tim and J lit a small fire to experiment with the burning properties of sap. There were the revelling sounds of the party next door. Our neighbors on the other side were sitting on their front porch, also enjoying the evening. Fireflies were coming up all around us. A nice fireworks display was going off behind us. Miss M was a little afraid of the noise of the fireworks, so she was sitting in my lap. She liked the lights of the fireworks, though, and her brothers' fire fascinated her. She watched everything in silence for a few minutes, and then she blurted out, "I'm happy!"

It almost sounded like she was surprised!

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